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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2209

‘‘(2) In no case shall an officer be required to serve on active duty under paragraph (1) for any period in excess of one year for each year or part thereof the officer participated in the program. ‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON DETAILS.—No agreement detailing an officer of the armed forces to an accredited medical school or school of osteopathy may be entered into during any period in which the President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces involuntarily. Nothing in this subsection shall affect any agreement entered into during any period when the President is not authorized by law to so induct persons into the armed forces’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2004 the following new item: ‘‘2004a. Detail of commissioned officers as students at medical schools.’’. SEC. 537. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT UNDER EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT FOR OFFICERS IN SPECIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS.

(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Section 2173(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$22,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply to agreements entered into or revised under section 2173 of title 10, United States Code, on or after that date. (2) PROHIBITION ON ADJUSTMENT.—The adjustment required by the second sentence of section 2173(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to be made on October 1, 2006, shall not be made.

10 USC 2173 note.

SEC. 538. HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.

(a) MAXIMUM STIPEND AMOUNT.—Section 2121(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘at the rate of $579 per month’’ and inserting ‘‘at a monthly rate established by the Secretary of Defense, but not to exceed a total of $30,000 per year’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘That rate’’ and inserting ‘‘The maximum annual amount of the stipend’’. (b) MAXIMUM ANNUAL GRANT.—Section 2127(e) of such title is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting ‘‘in an amount not to exceed $45,000’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and inserting ‘‘The maximum amount’’. (c) REPORT ON PROGRAM.—Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report on the Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program for Active Service under subchapter I of chapter 105 of title 10, United States Code. The report shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the success of each military department in achieving its recruiting goals under the program during each of fiscal years 2000 through 2006. (2) If any military department failed to achieve its recruiting goals under the program during any fiscal year covered by paragraph (1), an explanation of the failure of the

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